I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.

You always try to find the right style for the movie. That's the key.

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

Anyone can relate to suffering in this world.

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.

My ego is nothing - look what Alexander the Great achieved. And I felt he was a figure outside time, a figure we don't even understand, because he's frankly pre-Christian, and his concepts of honor go back to Homer.